Turkey 'NATO Ally'? - German TV channel reports of terrorist ISIS office in İstanbul.

Turkey 'NATO Ally'? - German TV channel reports of terrorist ISIS office in İstanbul. (TurkaFile).

Several pro-Gülen dailies today feature front page headlines that the Islamic extremist group ISIS reportedly has an office in Istanbul. 

Sourced from a German state TV channel, 

Bugün runs with “Shocking allegation on ISIS from German media”,  

Zaman has “One more new allegation from Germany”, 

andTaraf states [the] “Germans found ISIS in Fatih”. 

Socialist daily BirGün, meanwhile, asks “Does ISIS have an office in Fatih?”

According to Bugün, German state TV channel ARD has claimed that militants from European countries, en route to Syria and Iraq, stopped over in İstanbul’s Fatih* district first.

The daily states that ARD based its report on European intelligence units, and claimed that ISIS militants were given 400 U.S. dollars allowance each in the unofficial office. The report also notes that militants received support for entering Syria from the office in Fatih.

Bugün reports that according to European Commision officials, militants who return home after fighting for ISIS put the security of European countries at risk.

Bugün also notes that some of these people spend their annual leave in the Syrian training camps before returning home to their jobs.

According to officials, these individuals are “passive” at the moment, but are trained for action in Europe for when “the time arrives”. It is also mentioned in the German TV news report that there are 140 Dutch and 385 Belgian citizens who have joined ISIS.Hmmmm....Europe and probably the US And Canada have a 'fifth column' jihadis on their territory.

Update: More on ISIS activity inside Turkey here.